26th Episode of Tribute to Shankar Jaikishan

TRIBUTE TO SHANKAR JAIKISHAN–26

MALE & FEMALE SINGERS

Srigopal Shroti

IF the Music Directors did not give birth to the tunes, where were the singers to sing and win the lead….MDs were the originators….They took the singers to Mandra, Madhya and Tar SAPTAK VIZ. SA,RE,GA,MA,PA,DHA,NI…..QUESTION IS WHO DID MORE HARD WORK? MDs or SINGERS….the ORIGINATORS OR THE FOLLOWERS?….Nevertheless, the QUESTION WILL REMAIN A QUESTION–BOTH HAVE THEIR OWN OPTIONS….HERE MANY OF THE MUSIC DIRECTORS WENT INTO OBLIVION, BUT REMEMBERED THE SINGERS WHO SANG ON THEIR IMMORTAL TUNES.

HERE, I WILL TALK ON THE MUSICAL FILM ”MAYUR PANKH” BY KISHORE SAHU IN 1954. THE MUSIC DIRECTORS WERE THE S-J DUO….IT IS TO BE MENTIONED THAT AFTER SHRI 420, THE MALE SINGERS LEAD UNDER THE BATON OF S-J BECAME MORE AND MORE PROMINENT….HOWEVER IN THE BEGINNING AND MIDDLE OF 50s THERE WERE THE FEMALE SINGERS DOMINANT AND IN CASE OF ”POONAM” AND ”AURAT”…ALL SONGS WERE SUNG BY LATAJI….BUT IN MAYUR PANKH, THERE WAS A SONG SUNG BY LATAJI AND ASHAJI, WHICH WAS….”YE BARKHA BAHAR, SAUTANIA KE DWAR…..’ AND WAS PICTURISED ON HELEN & KUKKOO……WITH THIS EXCEPTION ALL 5 SONGS WERE RENDERED BY LATAJI……HOW THE THINKING OF S-J WORKED…..UNBELIEVANLE….

THERE CAME MANY SONGS ON THE LOVE STORY OF MUMTAJMAHAL AND SHAHJEHAN….AND THE EVER MEMORABLE SONG SUNG BY LATAJI …….”MUHABBAT KI DASTAN AAJ SUNO RE, MUHABBAT KI DASTAN SUNO…..” AND WAS FILMED ON THE BACKDROP OF TAJ MAHAL… STILL GOES SOUND. …NEXT THERE WERE THESE SONGS OF ”MAYUR PANKH”, WHICH WERE FAMOUS ALL AROUNFD IN THOSE DAYS BY LATAJI TUNED BY S-J…….”MAIN TO CHALI PASCHIM, PURAB CHALE DUNIYA….”, ”TANDAN TANDANA, MUSHKIL HAI PYAR CHHUPANA”…”TOO KYON MUJHKO PUKARE….”, ”MUBARAKBAD DENE HAWA BAGON MEIN AAYI, HAAN KHUSHIYON KE CHAND MUSKURAYE RE…”….LATER S-J CHANGED THE TREND TO DIVERSIFY THEIR CREATIVITY, WHICH WAS EVIDENT IN THE FILMS FOLLOWED AFTER MIDDLE OF 50s………to continue……gshroti@in.com………..